My American Revolution
Crossing the Delaware and I-78

Generally interesting, as I grew up and went to college around many of the locations mentioned, and have read about some of the Revolutionary War history in the areas of NYC and NJ. However, the footnotes ramble a bit too much, often starting or ending up off-topic, and the book as a whole is more a......more

One good rule for reviewing anything is to not spend your review wishing the artist/writer had done something besides what he or she wound up doing. You have to review the work as presented and generally avoid the word "instead." I should also say that I vastly favor narrative prose on the printed p......more

I thought this book was terrific and couldn't put it down. Of course, I'm probably not your average readers since I have a great interest in the American Revolution. I'm from Canada and most Americans probably don't know that they invaded us twice in our history. In 1775, during the Revolution and o......more

A+ notes throughout, & the thoughts tucked into this near-the-end 3-page footnote are incredibly profound; [URL not allowed] the book was published back in 2012: twitter.com/BeardofSteel/s… & the article @Harpers was before Election 2016, now all of this raises more questions / repe......more

If an book can be interesting and boring at the same time, this author managed it. He covered a part of history that we usually don't hear about in history books, but he did it in such a way that made me want this book to end sooner rather than later. A friend gave it to me...I would have been VERY......more